Chat Log
Paul, Lexx and Michael
Session
Start: Fri January 24
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<ChatMod> We start in three minutes if our guests arrive
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<Lunatic> hello Righty :))
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<Praxilla> heya righty!
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<maya> hey righty!!!
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<ChatMod> Well...let's see... We have Michael on the phone -- he's have
tech troubles
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<DawnofB3K> let the LEXX CHAT BEGIN!!!!!!!!
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<Righty> Hi Ho - The fabulous and naked Paul Donovan is here with the
cuddly and fragrant Lex Gigeroff
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<ChatMod> And we're still waiting on Lex and Paul
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<dgrequeen> heya Paul and Lex!
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<opheliac-9> Ohh... HI Michael!
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<rotgut> lol
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<Righty> Any sign of the drunken Mick?
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<MadamCod> he's stuck on the phone Rightu
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<ghoul> wow is it crazy in here or what
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<PrimaNW> heh I speak Microsoft if he needs techy help Righty LOL
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<ChatMod> Okay we have a typist who will type for Michael.
She'll log on in a minute. We're
still waiting on Lex and Paul
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<Mairwen> Michael can;t type?
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<harrisw> The dead do not type.
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<ghoul> but the dead can play the piano
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<Sparks> hi Michael
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<MichaelMcManus> Hello everyone.
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<ChatMod> Okay guys -- we're going to wait another minute trying to round
up Paul and Lex. If that doesn't
work we'll start with Michael. We'll
close the floor in the meantime
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<Righty> Miguel - Wie lang ist dein pimmel?
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<ChatMod> They're here!
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<ChatMod> Lex and Paul can you type to the screen?
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<Righty> Hi ho
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<Righty> This is Lex and Paul
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<MichaelMcManus> I can type -- but I'm also experimenting with logging on
through javachat.
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<Righty> Yes it is - we were in the audiorium and for some reason we can't
get back in
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<ChatMod> Hi everyone, thanks for joining us here. I'm Patrizia DiLucchio
for SCIFI. Tonight we're pleased to tell you that the wait is over!
Beginning tomorrow night SCIFI will be airing never-before-seen episodes
of the SCI FI Original series Lexx.
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<ChatMod> In anticipation of the return of Lexx, tonight wešre pleased to
be chatting with the showšs executive producer Paul Donovan, head writer Lex
Gigeroff, and star Michael McManus better known as Kai.
Between them these guys have won more awards than we can list!
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<ChatMod> Brief word about the drill.
This is a moderated chat -- please send your questions for our guests to
ChatQ, as private messages. (To send a private message, either double-click on
ChatQ or type "/msg ChatQ" on the command line - only without the
quotes.)
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<ChatMod> So...First question
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<ChatMod> <Rowanmay> to <ChatMod>: I would like to know if the
name of Giggarotta was a play on Lex's last name?
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<MichaelMcManus> Yes, it was.
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<MichaelMcManus> Whenever they were desperate for names, they would always
use Lex's names --
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<MichaelMcManus> because he has a good name.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> Lex and Paul are having a problem...bear with us a sec
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<ChatMod> A question for Michael in the meantime
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<ChatMod> <Davie-84-> to <ChatMod>: Mr McManus: What was the
most memorable experience that you've had in filming the many seasons of Lexx?
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<MichaelMcManus> But I'm here!
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<MichaelMcManus> Getting my hair cut on the last day of shooting.
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<MichaelMcManus> It was a fantastic experience to be done on 65 hours of
cable television.
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<ChatMod> Next question...
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<ChatMod> <CorpusCallosum> to <ChatQ>: What was the original
inspiration for Lexx?
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<Lexoriffic> Karl - I have my crack pipe right here
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<Lexoriffic> Okay - I'll call you a crack whore
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<Lexoriffic> ga
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<Lexoriffic> You tell me
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<KarlSCIFI> nice
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<MichaelMcManus> I think it was some kind of stoned meeting between Paul
Donavan & Lex Gigeroff -- but you'd have to ask them.
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<KarlSCIFI> welcome paul - welcome lex
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<MichaelMcManus> You'd also have to ask Lex how to spell his last name.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<KarlSCIFI> Sorry about the problems folks but we now have Paul and lex
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<ChatMod> Next question...
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<ChatMod> <Tyrannosaur> to <ChatQ>: To Mr. McManus> There's
a rumor going around that there's going to be a spin-off of LEXX. Are you going
to be in it by any chance?
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<MichaelMcManus> I've heard that rumor -- and I won't be in it.
No chance.
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<MichaelMcManus> It's just a rumor. No
I've done my time in the wig and the rumor will have to wait for the ratings
after the next 14 episodes.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<MichaelMcManus> At the END of those 14 shows, my answer will be more
clear.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga for real this time.
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<ChatMod> Everybody wants to know why there are no LEXX action figures?
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<MichaelMcManus> I think they have to ask the company that has the license
to market them -- that would be a Paul question.
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<Lexoriffic> PD: We're working
on anatomically correct blow-up dolls
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<Lexoriffic> ga
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<MichaelMcManus> Personally, I find the absence of Lexx figures oddly ...
comforting.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <Mirazh> to <ChatQ>: Lex, what inspired you so much
with the
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<MichaelMcManus> Anatomically correct blow-up dolls of the producing team,
naturally.
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<Lexoriffic> There's lotsa bugs in this universe... come over some time
and I'll show you
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<ChatMod> <StunnerLuver4> to <ChatQ>: Please someone tell me
what the H in Stan's name stands for!!!
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<MichaelMcManus> I have no idea.
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<Lexoriffic> We're not sure whether the "H" is
"Hirsute" or "Heroin" - ga
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<MichaelMcManus> I have a question for you:
Did anyone see Brian or Stanley Tweedle at the sci fi convention in
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<ChatMod> Now a really BIG question
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<ChatMod> <harrisw> to <ChatQ>: What motivated the decision to
change Xev's hair from RED to BLOND?
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<MichaelMcManus> That's a Paul question if I ever heard one.
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<Lexoriffic> As Michael will tell you - ga
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<ChatMod> Just a reminder. Were
chatting with Lexx executive
producer Paul Donovan, head writer Lex Gigeroff and star Michael McManus.
Lexx returns to SCIFI with never before seen episodes tomorrow January
25th. This is a moderated chat --
please send your questions for our guests to ChatQ, as private messages. (To
send a private message, either double-click on ChatQ or type "/msg ChatQ"
on the command line - only without the quotes.)
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<ChatMod> <MadamCod> to <ChatQ>: To Paul, Michael and
Lex....Hi there...Brian Downey had commented that Michael had impressed the
locals with his navigation skills on a river boat, when you were all filming in
Thailand...I have to ask...was he THAT good? ;)
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<Lexoriffic> ga
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<MichaelMcManus> It was my muscular masculinity that impressed the locals.
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<MichaelMcManus> Those things are hard to drive -- the torque is
unbelievable.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <CorpusCallosum> to <ChatQ>: How long does it take
to write or produce an epsiode?
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<ChatMod> <WilliamsXev> to <ChatMod>: So, whose idea was it to
have 790 fall for Kai?
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<Lexoriffic> Thr 790- Kai idea came from Chris Bould - an
"English" director ... ga
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<ChatMod> <LiannaX> to <ChatQ>: Now that fliming for Lexx is
over, what other kinds of projects do you hope to try?
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<Lexoriffic> LG: I'm hoping to get a call back for the Zsa Zsa Gabor story
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<Lexoriffic> As the lead, natch - ga
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<Lexoriffic> Dahhhhhhlinkkkk... ga
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<ChatMod> <Identity6> to <ChatQ>: Michael, do you think you
will be doing any American Movies in the future, or do you hope to?
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<MichaelMcManus> It would be lovely but I think it's very long odds that
anything like that would happen.
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<Lexoriffic> ga
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<MichaelMcManus> Right now, that's what I think.
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<MichaelMcManus> But it would, of course, be lovely.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <MissJean> to <ChatMod>: Paul, in your last chat,
you mentioned a Renaissance project you were working on. How is that going?
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<Lexoriffic> PD: I'm going to
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<ChatMod> You're still there
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<Lexoriffic> yup - ga
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<ChatMod> <harrisw> to <ChatQ>: Who's idea was it to have the
LEXX blow up Disney World? Did
someone have a bad experience there as a child?
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<Lexoriffic> PD: actually it
was as an adult - ga
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<MichaelMcManus> I'm not implicated in that at all.
I am innocent!
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<ChatMod> <greencolleen> to <ChatQ>: I'd like to know how
Micheal keeps a straight face during some of those really incredible sceanes,
like Xev fiddling with his knobs?
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<MichaelMcManus> If they hadn't thrown out all of the outtakes, one could
easily see that I don't always keep a straight face.
Although I'm not bad.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <Pandora> to <ChatQ>: A lot of Lexx fans are
freaks...goodness knows I'M thankful that my bangs cover up that 3rd eye on my
forehead. ;) Did having such a
fan-base challenge you to push the envelope with the writing/producing of the
show?
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<Lexoriffic> What's so weird about a third eye? ga
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<ChatMod> <harrisw> to <ChatQ>: How did Brian handle the
"Fluffer" scene? I bet
there where some terrific outtakes.
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<Lexoriffic> Brian couldn't take his hands off Jeff Hirschfield when the
camera was not rolling... ga
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<ChatMod> <rotgut> to <ChatMod>: Lex, how many ship designs
did you go through till you picked the one that LEXX looks like?
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<Lexoriffic> ga
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<ChatMod> <Lunatic> to <ChatMod>:
to the Lexx and Paul : will there ever be a special with all the funny
outtakes from the Lexx ?
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<Lexoriffic> PD: in the DVDs,
yes...
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<MichaelMcManus> That's another way to get money out of sci fi fans!
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<ChatMod> As per previous chats, a pressing question tonight is:
Where did the idea for "violating carrots" come from?
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<Lexoriffic> PD: Alex Busby -
head of special effects - and he has 'unresolved issues' with vegetables
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<Lexoriffic> ga
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<ChatMod> Praxilla> to <ChatQ>: Some folks would like to know if
Mr. McManus has found new management yet?
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<MichaelMcManus> The idea came from the usual theme of anal penetration...
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<MichaelMcManus> I've turned out to be unmanageable.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <LeahElla21> to <ChatQ>: Just a comment on what
Michael said about getting money from us. A
lot of us women would pay a fortune for him.
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<ChatMod> <Koudelka-1> to <ChatMod>: <koudelka> to <ChatQ>:
Micheal are you going to do more plays
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<MichaelMcManus> I may head back this way when I'm broke.
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<MichaelMcManus> Yes, I am going to do more plays.
And as soon as possible.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <Crystal> to <ChatQ>: being very new to lexx and not
knowing a lot about, why was there a diffrence in personality between Eva
Habermann and Xena Seeburg as Xev
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<Lexoriffic> They didn't respond to the high voltage treatment in the same
way - ga
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<ChatMod> A lot of people are asking if any of you will be attending fan
conventions this year? And if so
where?
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<MichaelMcManus> I have no plans to attend fan conventions this year.
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<Lexoriffic> We'll be at the Woodside Tavern in
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<ChatMod> <maya> to <ChatQ>: for micheal, Did you do your own
research for your scene in Fluffdaddy?
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<MichaelMcManus> It was a collaborative effort.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <Maritas> to <ChatQ>: Please Mr. McManus if it's
true that he's going to be playing a part in a movie of the book "The Power
of Dr.
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<MichaelMcManus> My people are still waiting for the contract negotiations
to get un-stalled.
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<MichaelMcManus> ga
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<ChatMod> <DarkPrince> to <ChatMod>: Why did you make Vlad a
women, and why did she want to kill Kai?
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<Lexoriffic> N-n-n-n-n-n-n- sometimes.... ga
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<ChatMod> <DawnofB3K> to <ChatMod>: Hi Michael ,Paul and Lex I
think u r such amazing men, Paul and Lex what made u think up such a creative
show as Lexx?
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<Lexoriffic> There''s lotsa creative minds at the Woodside Tavern - ga
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<ChatMod> <WilliamsXev> to <ChatMod>: Lexx has some stuff that
some people find offensive. Has that
ever been a problem in dealing with networks?
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<Lexoriffic> What do y'all mean by redneck? ga
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<ChatMod> <omardigs> to <ChatMod>: Is what Brian said true
about there being a lexx spin-off of Lexx in the future.
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<Lexoriffic> Not this network fortunately - ga
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<Lexoriffic> That's up to the network - ga
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<ChatMod> <Nimboho> to <ChatQ>: I was having an argument with
one my college tutors a few days ago, as he seems to think he saw Lexx 20 years
ago in Germany, Is he totaly metal, or was the concept for Lexx based on a
similar tv show?
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<Lexoriffic> Lexx played first in Germany about five years ago - but we
like to think of the show as an homage to "Space Precinct" - ga
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<MichaelMcManus> Good bye to you all and thanks for having me online.
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<mike-l> thanks again michael, paul, lex
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<Stanley-Tweedle> May his divine shadow fall upon us all.
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<thefrey> don't forget the Sadgeezer chat with Patricia Bunny Zentilli on
Sunday at 4 eastern people
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<Chaz> I counted 150.. what was the highest number?
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<Studlee-Stanlee> the highest number was 152
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<WilliamsXev> Farscape is good, but sci fi should have been showing Lexx
daily instead.
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Session
Close: Fri January 24